Dear Editor,
I read with some interest
the article in the December 2000 RamPage about
the men's soccer team that will start in August
2001. However, I must take exception to the
statement in the article about "this is going
to be the first men's soccer team here at VVC
in its 40 years of existence." This is not completely
correct.
In the late 1960's, VVC
had a men's soccer team that was very good and
competed with soccer teams from some of the
biggest 4-year schools in the state of California.
The main reason the team was so exceptional
was the presence on the team of an exchange
student from, I believe, Ecuador, who led the
VVC team to some exciting victories over opponents
from much larger schools. In 1967, if I remember
correctly, the VVC soccer team went to the state
championships. They lost,

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